Top Banner 486X60

Bowman beat everyone to the post-War punch. Three years after everyone stopped conserving paper and working dads brought home extra pennies and nickels for their baseball-loving sons, the company brought baseball cards back to life. Missing since the early 40s and inconsistent in their availability, baseball cards were about to be reborn for good.
Except for a one-year … [Read more...]

A remarkable collection of vintage, graded baseball card sets dating back to the 19th century has been acquired by Memory Lane Inc. An advanced east coast collector has decided to part with more than 20,000 PSA graded cards and his sets are now being offered for sale. Staggering in both volume and quality, it’s believed to be the largest such grouping ever to come to market … [Read more...]

A baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig sometime between 1926 and 1933 sold for $22,325 in Huggins & Scott's latest auction catalog. Carrying a grade of 6, the final bid on the ball was $19,000. The buyer's premium drove the realized price to the reported level.
There were several other signed items in the sale, including some Babe Ruth autographed … [Read more...]

One of only four graded 1966 Topps Punch-Out cards generated some knockout bidding in Huggins & Scott's latest catalog auction. Featuring Willie Mays and Tony Conigliaro, the SGC 84-graded rarity brought 31 bids and a final realized price of $29,375.
One of the most rare items Topps is known to have produced, the test issue never made it to market and the surviving … [Read more...]

The 60th Anniversary Topps Diamond Giveaway website has launched, offering free cards from past years, trading and an interactive online game that allows collectors to win other prizes in conjunction with the 2011 Topps baseball card base set.
The promotion comes on the heels of the 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway, which offered many of the same elements, including the … [Read more...]

I've posted on this topic once already this year, but it bears repeating.
This is a great time to be a buyer.
Houses. Cars. Stocks. Baseball Cards.
Prices are down and if you have the means, I think there are tremendous opportunities out there. We all tend to think in the short term, but if you can look past your next paycheck, invest now.
I just watched an online … [Read more...]